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Rare fossils reveal what ancient Denisovans may have looked like
Source: Phys.org · Published
Whenever anything is written about the Denisovans, the word "mysterious" is almost guaranteed to appear. That is because we just don't know a lot about this extinct human group that may have lived in East Asia from at least 300,000 to 45,000 years ago and was closely related to the Neanderthals. The main reason for that is a sparse fossil record.
Key points
- Whenever anything is written about the Denisovans, the word "mysterious" is almost guaranteed to appear.
- That is because we just don't know a lot about this extinct human group that may have lived in East Asia from at least 300,000 to 45,000 years ago and was closely related to the Neanderthals.
- The main reason for that is a sparse fossil record.
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